Improvement in shoe-brushes



S. SHAW. SEW-BRUSHES.

NIL-194,620, Patente d. Aug. 28,1877.

NIPETERS, PHOTD-L'ITHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D Cv UNITED 'STATES PATENT 0FFICE.-

SALMON SHAW, OF SPRINGVILLE, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN SHOE-BRUSHES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 194,620, dated August 28, 1877 application filed July 18, 1877.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALMON SHAW, of Springville, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Blacking-Brushes, which improvements are fully set forthin the following specification, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a blacking-brush, blacking box, and inclosing case, designed more especially for the use of travelers, and so constructed that the brush and blackingbox can be readily arranged in the case, where they occupy very little space, and are fully covered, so as not to soil the surrounding articles when packed in a satchel, while the brush and blacking-box are freely accessible when required for use.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation, showing the brush and blacking-box arranged in the case. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the blacking-brush with the handles unfolded ready for use. Fig. 3 is a plan view of the case with the blacking-box arranged therein.

Like letters of reference designate like parts in each of the figures.

A represents the blacking-hrush; B, the stock thereof, and U the small brush secured to the hack of the stock for applying the blacking.

D D represent the handle of the brush, preferably made in two parts, pivoted to the rear portion of the stock at d.

e 6 represent recesses formed in the sides of the stock B, so that the two parts D D of the handle can be folded into the recesses 6, when the brush is not required for use, as shown in Fig. 1.

F F represent the two parts of the inclos- 'ing-case made of a form to correspond with that of the brush-stock, so as to receive and hold the latter firmly when the two parts of the handle are arranged in the recesses of the stock.

G represents the blacking-box provided with a crescent-shaped extension, G, fitting against and partially surrounding the small brush 0, when placed in the case F, the blacking-box G and its extension G being made of such size as to fill the space between the small brush G and the case.

When the parts are to be arranged in the case, the blacking-box is first placed'in the case, as shown in Fig. 3. The brush A, with its handles 1) folded into the recesses c of the stock, is then arranged in the case, with the small brush 0 downward, and entering the semicircular recess of the extension G of the blacking-box, whereby the latter is firmly held in place. The top portion of the case is then applied,and the two parts of the case secured together by an elastic band, h, or by any other suitable means.

The extension G of the blackingbox forms, at the same time, a convenient handle for bolding the blacking-box when being used. as well as in placing it into the case or taking it therefrom.

If desired, the brush A may be provided with a rigid handle, which may be permitted to project through an opening in the case F, when the brush is arranged in the case; but I prefer the folding handles, constructed as shown and described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- The combination, with the inclosing case F F, of the blacking-brush A B, provided with small brush (J and folding handles D D, and blacking-box Gr, constructed with crescentshaped extension G, substantially as herein shown and described.

SALMON SHAW.

Witnesses EDWARD WILHELM, CHAS. J. BUGH-HEIT. 

